Thanks. There are some nice radios there

It’s always appreciated when people send me things to have a look at or donate to the channel. This lot I did pay for but got them at a good price. Thanks for watching

Oh and I’m staring with Sony and Panasonic from the 70s and 80s. I also love collecting boomboxes, Walkmans and cd players. But I have to stay focused on just radios bc of lack of funds and space. I wish they opened a vintage radio and electronic shop and I always wanted to open one, like they commonly have in Japan. But I should learn how to repair audio before even thinking of opening a vintage audio store. I think I’m the future you will see many vintage radios being displayed in businesses and homes for decor and displaying. So I’m glad others are collecting and loving old radios and taking care of items loved from the past. Bc to me in the old days was everyone for a kid or even a family. I just get excited just seeing them work and play music. I mean tyat the thing about vintage radios, it’s something that plays different music and still kind of like a wonder toy and not like a toy that you just look at, but a radio plays this wonderful thing called music.

That’s what I need is a work bench and tools to be able to fix and restore my radios and vintage watches.

Check out one of my latest livestreams as there is a list in the description of the tools and equipment I use. Be careful though as the collecting can get out of hand 😉

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Yes I agree Mike. The thing is that the penny pinchers got involved and that restricted the materials and quality of the sets

Yes, you are absolutely right bro. Anyway, Old is gold. Thanks.

Muy cierto😢

I get lots of radios in with those on. I always take them off but I suppose they have a place in history

Thanks. I love old radios but have a few too many now

Thanks very much

I must give that a try 😁. I don’t know where the bracelet is now though

Some nice old radios here. Thanks for watching

Thanks Lover. This was a nice lot so glad you enjoyed it

Hi do you repair radios as I have a few that need fixing.

@@rolandgallone6513 Hi. Yes I do repair radios. Drop me an email to Graham@radiocruncher.com

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Hi Terry. My mistake. I always confuse the script E with an &. Thanks for watching

Thanks Ali

That was a very nice radio. I sold it on eBay for next to nothing and regretted it ever since. Thanks for watching

Thanks Ron. This was a nice haul. I still have most of them here

Thank you too

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+Andrewausfa Andrew. Thanks very much for the advice. I've been researching the valve portables as I've not yet worked on one. Strange to have a case that looks right but with a different chassis in it! I have a battery eliminator which will work for the Pye but not the Vidor as that needs 7.5v on the LT. I have looked at Paul's circuit and its good but I fancy building the inverter type by Tony Thompson. This is where i was looking www.portabletubes.co.uk/sitefiles/ptbattelim.htm

+Radiocruncher Yes it fits though so no-one will ever know... :) I didn't realise the Vidor was a mains/battery with it's 7.5v LT. The suitcase portables always seem a bit unloved by most collectors, including me as I don't have any. I think I bought enough parts to do two of Pauls version so I'll have to make a 7.5v one now.

+Andrewausfa sounds like another video from you soon then. I'd enjoy watching that and would be tempted to build along with you. Thanks again for the comments

Hi Jeff. I will pull out the couple AM transmitters I have again soon. I've not messed much with the Raspberry Pi except to build an arcade game emulator. I have been looking at Bluetooth though but i need to experiment more before recommending anything.

I’m not aware of any red mercury

Radiocruncher do u have russian made tv and radio?? Check them u get millions ov dolars if u have the red liquid tube in that radio tv

Regards!!

Hi Rafa. Yes they did make 8 track cartridges which work very well. There’s not much demand for that though so probably not worth much. Is it a car version?

Hi Chris. I’m sure I could but haven’t done so far

Yes Yes remake but the case one hundred percent of the old generation. I really like the design

Hi John and welcome. I think if vintage valve equipment is kept in use it’s less likely that the caps will go bad as quickly as if they are stored for long periods. I’m not very proficient with valve gear but there are some critical capacitors feeding the grids of the output valves (tubes) that can damage the output if and when they go bad. Also any old electrolytics will probably need replacing as they will have gone high in value and could cause hum and damage to the other components. Good luck

@@Radiocruncher Thank you for your reply! I will pay close attention to any sound quality changes. As of now. There is no hum at all and it sounds very good. At 65 years old, I've nicknamed it OLD RELIABLE lol. I did do a dumb thing the other day, I was listening to it when I got a call. So I turned it all the way down. And for some dumb reason closed the cabinet doors. This was about 10.00 am. At midnight I head to bed and notice the little amber light on the bottom of the cabinet was on! I'm like oh no! Open it up and the dial was lit up. I immediately turned up the volume to see if was ok, and it was playing fine. On for about 14 hours! I'll not do that again . Probably added at least 5 bucks to my electric bill lol. Anyway, I subscribed to you and looking forward to your uploads. Thanks again.

Sounds like it’s performing well John. It certainly had a good soak test. Thanks for the sub

ChrisATV301 Hi Chris. I haven’t gone down the Bluetooth route with a radio yet but I have done a couple experiments so hopefully in the future I will find something that will do the job

If you want Bluetooth, this is not place for you.

Hi Harish. I think I still have this radio. Is you are interested in it then email me graham@radiocruncher.com

There are quite a few versions of the L4. Was there one in particular you were looking for? I don’t think there was one in this video but I do have the odd one I think

Hi Harish

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@@Radiocruncher sir my question is .. What is inside red liquid in vaccum tube

@@Radiocruncher why using such in old radios nd tv but not in new one

@@Radiocruncher can you help me to give ans

Hi. I may still have some of them but this video was a few years ago now. What were you after?

I like it if you want to sell please inform me .

Hi. Are you looking for me to repair something? If so hen please drop me an email graham@radiocruncher.com